By Ansel Beluso, Board Member, Pro-Life Philippines When America sneezes, the Philippines catches a flu. When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to legalize same-sex marriage in the so-called land of the free and home of the brave, the battle for gay rights to win Filipino minds and hearts escalated to unprecedented heights – and the value and sacredness of marriage and family life as authored by God is threatened and thrashed to the great alarm of the majority that is now roused to raise an army…

VATICAN CITY, May 16, 2015–Controlling populations is not the answer in fighting poverty and protecting the environment, says a leading official for the Catholic aid federation, Caritas Internationalis. “We do not see that population control, the way it is being thought by many, is the right way to go forward,” Caritas secretary general Michel Roy said in an interview with CNA. The question of sustaining the planet is not approached “by suppressing people,” he said. Roy has been in Rome for Caritas International’s 20th general assembly which has been running from May 12-17 on the theme: “One human family, care…

An Irish archbishop is sending a warning to voters who would redefine marriage to include same-sex couples by Ryan Fitzgerald • May 5, 2015 ARMAGH, Northern Irelandd, May 5, 2015 (ChurchMilitant.com) – On May 22, the people of Ireland will vote on the world’s first-ever country-wide referendum over redefining civil marriage to include same-sex couples. With recent polls showing 70 percent of the electorate support “gay marriage,” the head of Ireland’s Catholics, Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, is sending a warning to voters — if you legally redefine marriage to include same-sex couples, you defy both faith and reason as well…

It was only about 6 months ago when the young and beautiful Brittany Maynard brought new attention to the topic of physician-assisted suicideafter her highly publicized decision to end her own life under the Oregon “Death with Dignity” act. Suddenly, new bills advocating for physician-assisted suicide began cropping up all over the country at the beginning of legislative sessions in January, but what’s interesting is that most of these bills died before they ever made it out of committee or out of the respective state legislature. St. Joseph,…

by: Rosie Luistro Founding President (currently in the Board of Advisers) Alliance for the Family Foundation Philippines, Inc. (ALFI) May 2015 1. Divorce in the Philippines is not legal but it looks like there are more couples getting an annulment. Isn’t this enough reason to legalize divorce? The increasing numbers may be due to a greater awareness of this procedure than before. We get to know more about annulments or separations today especially if they involve movie or society personalities. The media loves to elaborate on the details…

PORNOGRAPHY Tue Apr 7, 2015 – 12:49 pm EST We Are Living In A Pornographic Plague Of Epic Proportions… And It’s Making Us Miserable This is the first article in a series on modesty in a culture of shamelessness. April 7, 2015 (LifeSiteNews.com) — Much of current fashion, especially for women, is an assault upon the ultimate good of those who wear such clothing. It is cunningly designed not only for attraction, but also for enticement and seduction, reinforcing the great lie that dominates modern consciousness. This lie…

The Irish flag. Credit: Michael Care Andersen (CC BY-NC 2.0). By Kevin Jones Dublin, Ireland, Apr 26, 2015 / 03:58 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Opponents of a referendum that would recognize “gay marriage” in Ireland face an uphill fight, but one commentator says they can win if people are willing to speak up and focus on the need for children to have a mother and a father. “I think civil marriage is a really critical institution for upholding the common good – specifically the good of children being raised by their own mother and father in a lifelong committed relationship,” said Ben…

(Submitted at the Public Hearing of the Congressional Committee on Women and Gender Equality of the 16th Congress held on 10 February 2015) 10 February 2015 The Honorable Rep. Linabelle Ruth R. Villarica Chair, Committee on Women and Gender Equality House of Representatives of the Philippines Batasan Complex, Quezon City Dear Hon. Villarica: We appreciate the opportunity you gave us to share our thoughts during the last public hearing on the matter of the legislative proposal, AN ACT PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER…